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N. B. DOUGLAS.

Hay Loader.

Patented June 30, 1868.

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N; B. DOUGLAS, OF CORNWALL, -VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 79,327, dated June 30, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-LOADERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERNE I Be it known that I, N. B. DOUGLAS, of Cornwall, in the county of Addison, and State of Vermont, have invented a new and improved Hay-Loading Device; and Ida hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for raking up and loading hay upon wagons, and has for its object the obviating of hand-labor in pitching hay on wagons. I

The invention consists in a peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully shown and described, which form an attachment capable of being applied to the-rear parts of an ordinary farm-wagon, and so as to operate in the most efiicient manner.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my invention applied to a wagon.

Figure 2, a side sectional view of the same, taken on the line w w, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the body of a wagon, B the rear, and C the front wheels thereof. These parts, which may be of usual construction, .do not require a special description.

To the rear end of the body A of the wagon there is attached a vertical plate, D, by screws or otherwise, and on the rear axle Eof the wagon there is hung loosely a frame, F, the outer end of which is retained at a proper height by chains 0 attached to the rear end of the body A.

To each side bar I; of the frame F there is secured a fixed arm, 0, on which a toothed whccl, d, is fitted loosely, each wheel d having a pulley, e, at its outer side, around which pulleys bandsf pass, said bands also passing around pulleys g on the outer sides of the wheels B.

G is a rectangular frame, having a roller, H, in its lower end. The shaft 0 of this roller extendsbcyond each side of the fiame G, and has wheels (1 upon it, which gear into the wheels (Z, the lower end of the frame G being secured to the bars I; of frame F by suitable fastenings It.

At the u pperpa'rt of the frame G there is a roller, I, the shaft Z of which has its hearings in slide-bars m, which are adjusted by screws n, shown clearly in both figures. The roller I is thereby rendered adjustable, and for the purpose of keeping a series of bolts 0, which is fitted on the rollers H I, at a requisite degree of tension at all times.

. The bolts 0 are provided with a series of teeth 1) of a requisite length.

To the front side of the frame G, at its upper part, there is attached a series of inclined plates g, spaces being allowed between said plates, which spaces are in line with the teeth of the belts 0. These plates serve as a discharger, A to'throw or strip the hay from the teeth into the wagon, as will beunderstood by refering to fig. 2. i a

J is a rake, the teeth of which are curved similar to those of a horse-rake, and they are attached to a header shaft, 8, provided at each end with ajournal, t, whieh are fitted in bearings u at each side of the frame G. The shaft s-has aspring, v, on each end of it, and these springs bear against stops to at the sides of frame G, and keep the rake-teeth r in a proper working position.

As the wagon is drawn along, the teeth 1;, of the belts 0, which are operated from the wheels B B of the wagon, take up the hay from the windrow and carryit up between the front side of frame G and the rear side of plate D, the hay being discharged into the wagon by the discharger A The raked serves to gather, or collect'any hay which may esoapejhe teeth 1;, andiadmit of the latter eventually taking it up and discharging it into the wagon. V X

The frame G may be readily attached to and detached from the wagon, the upper part of the frame G having hooks 't attached, which are braced by a side rod to avoid a lateral swaying of the frame G. I The rake J, by freeing the springs'o from the stops u), may be turned backward-and upward out of the way, whenever it is necessary to lower the frame G.

Having thus deseribedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1; The removable frame G, attached to a. frame, F, hung on the rear axle of the wagon, in combination with the toothed belts o, and the discharge? A all arrangedto operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The rake-head s, hung to the frame G in such a, manner that by freeing the springs upon the head, from the stops w upon the frame, the rake J can be turned up and rendered inope ative, as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this ninth day of March, 1868.

- N. B. DOUGLAS.

Witnesses: I

J. A. FRASER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

